Giovanni Bonello, ‘Bribery and Genocide: The Same?’ (Online Law Journal, 23 December 2014). I am pleased to note that the Government has announced new measures to fight corruption. Legislation ‘to remove the applicability of prescription to the offence of corruption’ committed by a Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Member of the House of Representatives, Mayor or Local […]
Emma Grech, ‘Gaming Law in Malta: A Brief Overview’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). Malta is currently and positively being perceived as the veteran within the EU for having been the first to regulate remote gaming way back in 2004.1 In a preliminary ruling, the European Court of Justice had memorably referred to the […]
Anthea Turner, ‘Fighting Child Abuse in the Cyberspace: A Lost Battle?’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). The Context The rise of the cyberspace and use of social networking have resulted in further facilitation of both human communication and access to information. However, the cyberspace has also become a newfound haven for perpetrators, including offenders […]
Chris Bergedahl, ‘Gender Identity Issues in Maltese Law’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). INTRODUCTION Of all the current legal and political controversies that have topped the headlines in recent times, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual (collectively referred to as ‘LGBT’) rights have been particularly prominent. The late 2000s and early 2010s have seen a […]
Ariane Aquilina, ‘Head of State Immunity in International Criminal Law: A Case Study on Charles Taylor’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). HEAD OF STATE IMMUNITY Louis XIV’s infamous statement, ‘L’etat c’est moi’, accurately portrays how the idea of Head of State immunity was viewed in the past when it came to International Criminal Law. […]
Michelle Camilleri and Gianella Farrugia, ‘Human Rights Feature’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). Micallef v. Malta (2009)1 In this case, the applicant Mr Micallef applied on behalf of his deceased sister alleging that she had been denied a fair hearing because of her lack of opportunity to make submissions before an independent and impartial […]
Gianella Farrugia, ‘Murder by Omission: Conċetta Decelis u Jason Decelis vs Il-Ministru tal-Ġustizzja et’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). Conċetta Decelis u Jason Decelis vs Il-Ministru tal-Ġustizzja et1 The following case deals with the proceedings held in front of the Civil Court First Hall in its Constitutional Jurisdiction following a claim by Conċetta Decelis […]
Vanessa Gatt, ‘Data Protection and the Law: Is the Modern Era Conterminous to a Post-Privacy Era?’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). The notion of privacy is clearly linked to the idea of information flow on the part of the individual himself, who takes upon himself the role of ‘gatekeeper’, so to speak, determining which […]
Michelle Camilleri, ‘Dr Cedric Mifsud vs L-Avukat Ġenerali’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). FACTS Plaintiffs (Bezzina) were the owners of a house in Gharghur. The property was given to defendants (Azzopardi) under title of temporary emphyteusis which expired in August 1991. It was subsequently converted into a lease as per article 12(2) of Chapter […]
Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, ‘The Presumption of Innocence: A second look’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). In 1997, I had a first look at the jurisprudence1 of the European Court of Human Rights and I published a monograph entitled The Presumption of Innocence on the matter in the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights.2 On examining […]
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